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D33839-1
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- 1948-06-11 (Creation)
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In June of 1948 the Tacoma Boat Building Company completed work on the "Scarlet Queen" which they declared the largest tuna clipper in the world. Measuring 165 feet in length and 34 feet wide, the fishing vessel was converted from a decommissioned Navy ship. When launched the tuna clipper had an 1800 horsepower "Fairbanks Morse" diesel motor, a 10 cylinder opposed piston job with 20 pistons, and 20 refrigeration tanks with the capacity of 600 tons of tuna. When the "Scarlet Queen" was launched for a trial run she had about 150 guests on board. (T. Times, 6/14/48, p. 1; TNT, 10/3/1948, p.C-11). TPL-8958
Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);